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for troubling with seed at all is twofold: 

 it furnishes small green onions for the table, 

 and sets for next season at a minimum cost. 

 Instead of commercial fertilizer, the poultry 

 droppings are used for onions, being reduced 

 to a pow r der by grinding in an old chopping 

 machine. Sprinkle freely within one inch 

 of the centre of the row, and from three to 

 four inches each side of it. Unless rain falls 

 within a few days, water very thoroughly 

 with a sprinkler. Hen droppings seem espe- 

 cially desirable for all bulbs and tubers. 



Lettuce seed requires well-enriched soil. 

 Drill a fourth of an inch deep, rows one foot 

 apart. 



Radish seed for a small family should be 

 sown in five-feet lengths, at intervals of ten 

 days. Cover seed one third of an inch, 

 rows six inches apart. 



From the time seeds are put into the ground, 

 cultivation must be continual ; raking be- 

 tween rows being frequent enough to destroy 

 embryo weeds. Ten minutes' light work with 



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